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Floods & storms, 1946

1,433 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 72

Egypt Expects Worst Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

CAIRO, Saturday.--The most catastrophic flood in modern Egypt's history is expected to occur within the next few days…

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Egypt Expects Worst Flood

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 3

CAIRO, Saturday.--The most catastrophic flood in modern Egypt's history is expected to occur within the next few days…

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Race Horses Injured In Tasman Gale

The Sun · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two terified racehorses broke loose from their stalls and were badly…

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Police Rescue Four Boats During Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 5

Water police rescued four boats when a 50-milean hour westerly gale struck the harbor yesterday afternoon. The gale rose at midday, and…

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Farmers' Heavy Loss East Anglia Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Aug. 18 (A.A.P.).— Farmers in East Anglia, one of England's great cereal-growing areas, received their worst blow of…

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Highland Freeze Averts Floods In Southern Rivers

The Sun · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 5

Freezing weather in southern New South Wales yesterday and today has checked danger of flooding from rivers swollen by thawing snow. The Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Snowy rivers, which have…

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Storms Expected At Big R.S.L Meeting

The Sun · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 7

One of the liveliest sessions for years is expected at the 1946 RSL State Congress, which opens tomorrow. Storms are probable over: Moves to exclude Communists from the League;…

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Editorial Why This Storm in a Samovar?

The Sun · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 1

COMMOTION over the fact that half-a-dozen Soviet women have been delayed in getting air priority to Australia shows either hypersensitivity to a ridiculous degree or a desire to…

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Storm Ends Indian Civil War Bodies Float In Streets Calcutta Now a "Dead" City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 4

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Monsoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put an end, for the time being at least, to the…

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Storm Ends Indian Civil War Bodies Float In Streets Calcutta Now a "Dead" City

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 4

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Monsoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put on end, for the time being of least, to the…

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Storm Washes Out Indian Civil War Bodies Float Down Swirling Streets Hunger Uniting Rival Factions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 10

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Monsoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put an end, for the time being at least, to the three-day nighmare of civil war…

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Storm Washes Out Indian Civil War Bodies Float Down Swirling Streets Hunger Uniting Rival Factions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 10

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Monsoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put an end, for the time being at least, to the three-day nighmare of civil war…

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Storm Washes Out Indian Civil War Bodies Float Down Swirling Streets Hunger Uniting Rival Factions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 10

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Monsoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put an end, for the time being at least, to the three-day nighmare of civil war…

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Storm Washes Out Indian Civil War Bodies Float Down Swirling Streets Hunger Uniting Rival Factions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 10

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Monsoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put an end, for the time being at least, to the three-day nighmare of civil war…

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Storm Washes Out Indian Civil War Bodies Float Down Swirling Streets Hunger Uniting Rival Factions

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 10

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.--Moasoonal rains yesterday swept this city of dead and dying, and put an end, for the time being at least, to the three-day nighma re of civil war…

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Homes, Crops Destroyed by Gale in Japan

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday. -- The typhoon season's 12th gale veered westward yesterday after having damaged homes…

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Homes, Crops Destroyed by Gale in Japan

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 3

TOKIO, Wednesday, -- The typhoon season's 12th gale veered westward yesterday after having damaged homes…

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Flood Threat From Huge Falls of Snow

The Sun · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 3

Phenomenal snowfalls in the Southern Alps, with drifts 80 feet deep, are expected to cause severe floods in southern lowlands within the next week…

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Beggars Flood Mexico City Unbelievable Scenes Of Poverty Tiny Children Act As Decoys

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 12

MEXICO CITY, Wednesday.--Poverty has reached almost unbelievable proportions in Mexico City, where streets are crowded with beggars and…

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Beggars Flood Mexico City Unbelievable Scenes Of Poverty Tiny Children Act As Decoys

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 12

MEXICO CITY, Wednesday.--Poverty has reached almost unbelievable proportions in Mexico City, where streets are crowded with beggars and…

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